Asking questions. Did you know that the skill of asking questions, not only adds to your overall communication skills, but can be a great way to start a presentation? Not only do questions engage your listeners, they also help you as the speaker, focus the attention...
Make eye contact. When having a conversation with someone or sitting in an audience facing a speaker, we expect the other person to make eye contact with us. Through eye contact we discover and learn about each other. Mutual eye contact signals our interest and our...
Never doubt the power of words. There is a 19th century children’s nursery rhyme that says, Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Bull nuggets and Balderdash! That’s not true! Words can hurt. Words can tear people apart, just as...
Avoid becoming an unemployment statistic. Gain the competitive edge with these 7 skills. They aren’t new or difficult to master. Business writer and author, Bobbi Dempsey, summed them up in one of her articles for FORBES as “The Seven Most Universal Job...
Connect with the Audience. Touch them! That’s right. Get physical and touch them! From the time we’re born as tiny tots, touch is vital to our survival and healthy development. It’s how we communicate and discover the world around us from our earliest stages. Studies...
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